The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-23


acquainted w;:th bin. lie iat never AZ ANY
tine threatened the n, = VINO waited 10 open
he oI,i road; vito violence. ! short t,Hic
before this y 3. b&rgcU: cane totAe ,i,'ten'i-
;;lt, apparently very an.2.y, ;sad said I've
come 10 have ny throa; CT. by Cd! !
hear tl.Gt yGa sad vp;l intended to cNt TIE
throatS of tie rnc1. Who sre trying 70 open
that oil r,;:e: The defendant t;e@@n'to,l
70 know tie &;;tilo3s ot this statement. After
so;%e hesitation &arvo" S:.;6 t,l:tt C":%o tT-
Bose had told lin. Defendant then tod
him ;;la: il was \ lie. but Barrow vert OF
rc.aar:.ii:e, HAT BE- believed t!:;,i he 'iC, say
t. Witness L;.j; bce!: wj:sIa1 hv .!2cGd>'
some tine before that i vas IL taager tr'.::l
tire parties WHO wanted the read opened.
Ee had also received ~ anonymous Io;ter.
most scurc:ilous document, warming Lin.
# the road was no! opened by t}e conm!S-
Sioners 1t the meeting on tie 2Gth OF May
he :n1ss leave tue county. take tnraShlng,
or rur she risk Of losin" his lie. This sc;-
ter was DESTROYED because Of remarks abou:
other parties contained in 1t. Also. on one
occasion wien tie defendant was sex q
crowd came TO his room AID made . coHsiG-
erable row. lie did no. kaoa: =: the TINE
who It was Dat on going oIt ne found the
Inscription OF the ;:oOr: Thomas !. Shan
non. d; ----- -. your humble
servant Defe2de:; remembers the I'D I"
Siilntar w;th Sheriff I.cs2S-e tic NIGHT :a2;
i was fes:e>, ne wo5,iji De ly2cGei. Tae
conversation he had with the sl.er,a slGn '!c
never expected "a hear repeated. he to!o
Major L"SeSre ti:at he thought :. vas L'lrlt
for hi1a to sl.i.rr ior anoln"!.S C'i',Iei: t.!at
wa1i he @at out Of t1e buggy ;"c 2!Gi!t O;
TIE killing. ne G;l 70: anticipate hs.2a
hrawn INTO Il fight ;a,nso!.-. ii;,::y shoo.:-.@
was 70 &e done he :i:G:-,,.! Rose NISto del.
Rose Rad asked hiiI % lend nll& :: ri&,oi
that morning before SONG u ta9n. snTii!:;
that he feared then wou!,i b. some tro1".e
Defendant lent him q plstoI &cc"rdi;iE5 % MS
request When defendant !!as, nee2 van
ed by lis f.ie3ds tnay L" WAS 10 danger, .!c
armed himself ara w.nS % bed eveI% n.-:-
fully prepareG 10 resist en- a:t"2.;. j-2 G:ad
this for three weeks befcre the l.;!l:G2 took
place. as. taking everything in>o >oasileE&-
ton, ne had go9G: c-aso1S to app:eAsn0 vio-
lcnce from MS eae.Gies. lie did not EIiow
who II was tj.at thye&te2ea Al::. but !!e q
pecte3 20 be att%cAeG " :t:e !iarrowS, > ".
Mcintosh I. .. and /. y. P"yer aud o;n-
ers Dr. !. NJ Woods l2,i warned de:@nd-
ant Of bis (,angc", and hiss! told 1ii!l Ia: z
certain cr1yd was very bitter against I'm.
and would 10 him harm # the opportunity
prcscHtel, Itself. lie woaai nos. however.
disclose ;ue names OF these persons. becaTse
lie said, he d:G not care 10 inc!t, the defend
an. agains; the.n. 1t tie scene OF Tie ;G,'s;;-
edy the defendant fred two SG"lS. lie =
con :;,en: that TIE ;rat did not eject a.
tb cssieceaseG contii.rc2 - advance 1:Ht.! the
second shot ,v.s fired Des,n;an; t;ioT2;!t
q part. il not the whole o. the crowd VINO
had threatened him were present. 1t was
50 dark that be could net tell how many
aen were "a the road. lie did not wish TO
kill Barrow when he Elc6. ne only wanted
to stop lin. and dcfe::d himself. Atter tae
shooting Rose tod defendant 10 set IN % the
buggy. lie did so ana they drove Of home.
Defendant had always tried 10 avoid row
with taese men. On the 9th vi May. Air. J..
G. Higgins had warned him not 20 so into
tie county commissioners o:tic,, because h:
said that the ether crowd wsrc Tery sor",
snl he feared that there would be 2 row.
Defendant agreed. a2d did Do.ESo into t: e
Office until the Barrows Lad LETT town.
On being crcs&-examined by Mr, G:!l1nd
for tie State the witness said
"He G;G not see Burrows buggy Oh the
road the night Of The killing until lie had
driven around Gibbons buggT. The Bal
rows were about thirty fee: anead. 1Hc de-
ceased was about tive or SIX feet from Wit
ness when he irej Wi:aess was standing
at the horses head when he fred both shots.
After the shooting he vent ho,ae and STAYED
there about tiree-quarters OF IN hour. VIXEN
ne came to Manning reacAi.:: town about )
O'Clock in ;ae morning. lie pat MS horse
ND ana then went 70 Bells Hotel: he wait
&c, to 90 20 the sheriff bIt NJ. Bell told him
to wat nntil daylight.
William B. Rose being sworTI, testified:
'.He WAS present at the killing on the
night OF the 18th OF last Lay. lis testamo-
nv OF the meeting was merely corroborative
Of what haa been said by the defendant.
The deceased was positively the first man
who got out OF his buggy on the groUnd.
Witness got out and started towards the
B:r-ows buggy. The deceased said: Gon
arc net who want. Shannon is the man.
Witness then walked to where CID Mr. Bar
row was Stau ding and entered :nto conversa-
ton With HIN. They settled tas!r difference
and witness gave NJ. Barrow lis hand. JcSi
then he heard tie pistol shots, and r2n back
to where lis buggy Was. lie toenG ;.e:e:ie,-
ant standing afthe horses head with the
rein over bis right arm. He told him to get
into the baccy. At;he report OF the pistol
Sarrow's horse had run off into 3 field with
the buggy. The night was tolerably dark
1t would have been impossible 70 see wta-
pon in mau 5 hant: ut even a short dis
lance. Witness was one Of the parties op-
posed to opening the old road. Does not
know when tie deceased LEFT Manning.
Dr.. L y. woods w2S the l2xt witness for
the defef.ce:
He ives in the ncigl5orlocd where The
controversy aboat the road WIS gong on,
Shannon had told LiG on one occasion: ;.-.&t
be had received IN anonymous threatening
letter, and had said TINT those fellows had
given hin1 u:,til tee 26t,: o. May 10 leave tie
corntv, to he ;Lr:sle>!. Or x r;u the risk O.:
losing lis life. Witness told defendant thai
he had heard a gooi Gn:l,, and would a;v:se
him 20 arm himself ard be on the lookout.
He refused 20 disclose 20 S;:a-no.i the names
OF those who lad made tie sa-e&tS. Wines,
heard Mcintosh say that :Ga2Gon needed
waiting OF; ;l.d t!l::t they hs2 tie crowd -
Colt. Oh -la;iot&er occasion &c saw intense
~ bitter feeling exhibited toward the defend
ant. lie had heard -IcintasA say tla: any
body except Shannon could discuss the ro&t,
affair IN their crowd, but thai he could not
do 81. On cwoss-eza,..ina.ion witness sa:j.
that he had never heard the :3arco%S :G"aat-
en- the defendant, neither did re tel licGt.-
.oSh that defendant had threatened hlla.
Joaa G. Eagn;tl testified:
..Ie :?it! uot hear " B. Barrow in ouige for
the Ge!end<2t on tie d&y Of the killing, but